Yesterday I went to the midwives for a normal weekly checkup at 3:30 pm and ended up in labor and delivery until 10pm. Everything was going fine at the appointment, after she did a pelvic exam she said that I was 1 cm dilated but I wasn't effaced. She couldn't tell if the baby was head down or not. I told her that I have a fear that my baby is breech. And within minutes I was in the ultrasound room where it was conformed that the baby is indeed breech.
I decided to try for an inversion, where they would push on my tummy to flip the baby to head down. So Jeremy and I went to the labor and delivery unit for a non stress test so the Dr. can start the inversion. The fetal heart monitor was picking up that the baby was sleeping, they wanted to see more drips in the heart rate. And I was already contracting every 2 1/2 minutes. After some juice and rolling from side to side the Dr. finally felt comfortable to try the inversion. I got a shot to stop my contractions. And OMG the inversion hurt! It felt like she was ripping my skin open. The Dr. got the butt out of my pelvis, but that's about all. She tried again 1/2 hour later along with another shot to stop my contractions. By the baby wasn't moving.
So what do I do now? They said I can have a breech vaginal delivery if I get a CAT- scan and if my pelvis if wide enough. Or I can schedule a c-section 7-10 days before my due date. In future pregnancies this hospital wont to VBAC's, so if I want a VBAC then I'll have to go to a large hospital that would allow me to.
I feel so disappointed that I picked this hospital to have a natural water birth. And now I'm going to have a c-section. This hospital is like 40 minutes from my house. If I would have known that I was going to have a c-section that I would have picked one closer to home.


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